Eric Topol, Leroy Hood, Ronald Davis, Mostafa Ronaghi, Keith Joho, Nick Tsinoremas, Saeed Tavazoie

Oct 27, 2006

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Scripps Health this week said it has opened a new program, the Translational Science Institute and Genomic Medicine program, and that it has named Eric Topol chief academic officer.

The institute will focus on defining genes that are linked to particular diseases, and then using those findings to pursue new drug therapies.

Topol was chair of the department of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic for 15 years.

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